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Mid market CLO league tables: BlackRock takes new issuance lead with unusual deal via Morgan Stanley
2 years ago
BlackRock became the third mid market CLO manager to price two new issues this year and in doing so took the lead from Golub Capital in mid market CLO new issue league tables -
Global CLO league tables - May 2021 YTD
2 years ago
Global CLO league tables - May 2021 YTD -
BlackRock issues mid market CLO after refinancing warehouse line with Morgan Stanley
2 years ago
BlackRock has priced an unusual middle market CLO that refinances a warehouse line Morgan Stanley provided -
Aegon and BlackRock join group of single B CLO issuers with resets
3 years ago
Aegon USA Investment Management and BlackRock each priced a CLO reset on Tuesday that included a single B-rated tranche -
BlackRock drags CLO spreads tighter with latest reset
3 years ago
BlackRock teamed up with Citi on Thursday to print a $499 million reset of its 2019 vintage CLO named Magnetite XXI - and dragged the CLO market tighter in the process -
BlackRock scores biggest mid market CLO since 2018
3 years ago
BlackRock has teamed up with Barclays to print a second CLO backed by loans to middle market companies following its buyout of Tennenbaum Capital Partners in 2018 -
BlackRock brings three-year US CLO triple As inside 100bp
3 years ago
BlackRock has priced a three-year reinvestment CLO via Morgan Stanley with the triple As yielding just 99 basis points over Libor -
Europe leads corporate credit rally, but US outperforms in CLOs
3 years ago
iTraxx Crossover has been the CDS market's outperformer this week, tightening over 30 basis points, or 11.4%, to trade at 235bp today. But in the CLO market, US deals have come out on top thanks to a BlackRock CLO that priced its double Bs at some of the tightest levels this year -
Double B spreads shrink to just 635bp as BlackRock prints tightest CLO yet
3 years ago
BlackRock has once again priced the tightest three-year reinvestment CLO post-covid, repeating a feat it last acheived back in September -
CLO pipeline: LCM switches arranger to complete deal and join issuance surge
3 years ago
Over $3.5 billion of global CLO issuance priced last week and managers in all three CLO markets are taking advantage of tightening spreads across the capital structure after three major covid-19 vaccine breakthroughs and increased confidence since the US presidential election -
BlackRock prices first middle market CLO following Tennenbaum buyout
3 years ago
BlackRock has priced its first CLO backed by loans to middle market companies since acquiring private credit manager Tennenbaum Capital Partners in 2018 -
CLO pipeline: fixed income giants plan debut 2.0s with Morgan Stanley
3 years ago
Two large fixed income managers are pre-marketing debut 2.0 CLOs -
BlackRock cuts CLO double A coupon with fixed-rate refi
3 years ago
BlackRock has priced a fixed-rate CLO tranche refinancing, teaming up with Mizuho to cut the coupon on the double A notes of Magnetite XII -
BlackRock prices tightest post-covid CLO by far
3 years ago
BlackRock has priced a new issue CLO named Magnetite XXVIII via Barclays, scoring by far the tightest post-covid debt execution -
CLO pipeline: managers large, small and new ready to price in post-Labour Day surge
3 years ago
US managers are preparing a wave of new issue CLOs in the coming days, as the usual post-Labour Day pricing surge comes to fruition even in this most unusual of years -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: US CLO triple As finally rally while European investors go ‘all in’
3 years ago
A huge supply of $731 million of US CLO triple A bonds pushed US CLO secondary volumes to just shy of $1.5 billion last week -
Spreads tighten as GoldenTree and BlackRock print tightest CLO triple As since March
3 years ago
The CLO market moved tighter on Friday as GoldenTree Loan Management and BlackRock each priced new issues with triple As at 155 basis points over Libor, scoring a new record print following the coronavirus sell off in March -
Primary equity investor shortage fuels issuance fear
3 years ago
A lack of demand for primary equity could lead to a drought of new CLO issuance in the second part of this year -
Loan slump brings managers closer
A 19% slide in new US loan volumes last year has left CLO managers with fewer options in the primary market, and portfolio overlap between US managers has increased to 35.3% on average -
Onex prices second US new issue CLO in three weeks
3 years ago
Onex Credit Partners priced its second new issue US CLO in just three weeks yesterday, via Natixis, to become the fourth US CLO manager to price two new issue CLOs during the covid-19 pandemic -
Mezzanine CLO spreads tighten with BlackRock US deal
3 years ago
BlackRock has priced a $397.7 million new CLO via Goldman Sachs, acheiving a 175 basis points print on its tightest triple As, according to market sources -
CLO pipeline: Apollo targets fourth deal as managers line up to break 2020 ducks
4 years ago
Six CLO managers, five in the US and Fair Oaks Capital in Europe, are showcasing their first new issues of the year in preparation for pricing later this month. And Apollo Global Management is marketing its fourth new issue CLO (third US new issue CLO) in the last month and a half -
Three-year US CLOs set to tighten as large managers market deals
4 years ago
US CLO triple A spreads are tightening sharply this week with market sources indicating that benchmark levels for three-year reinvestment deals have gone into the 180s -
We’ve survived before, we can do so again
4 years ago
$7.8 billion of CLO collateral, split evenly between the US and Europe, is in the loans that have fallen fastest in the past month. But short term CLO pain will bring opportunities for building par -
Making arb work of it
4 years ago
In 2019, some CLO managers hoped that good timing would enable them to lock in favourable arbitrage levels, but others opted for aggressive or conservative tactics when building portfolios.
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